JP2008234337A - Automatic payment apparatus for motor vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To promote a driver to be aware of speed limit compliance according to such a merit as privilege. <P>SOLUTION: When a vehicle 3 loaded with an ECT in-vehicle unit 5 equipped with various in-vehicle unit information passes an entrance side distance-based toll gate 1 and an exit side toll gate 49 by inserting an ETC card 11, distance information and speed detection information acquired by a speed detection means are transmitted to a management information center 23, and toll is calculated and the speed at which the vehicle passes the toll gate is judged by the management information center 23, and when it is judged that the speed is a specific speed or less, the driver himself or herself is notified of points. The points are given a privilege according as fixed scores are accumulated, and the scores of the points are accumulated according as the driver complying with speed limit. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic payment apparatus for automobiles using ETC (registered trademark, the same applies hereinafter).

  Currently, ETC (Automatic Payment System) has been introduced at toll gates on toll roads such as expressways for the purpose of convenience, economy, and traffic congestion mitigation.

  The outline of the automatic payment system is that an ETC on-board unit is mounted on a car, and a tollgate roadside device that transmits / receives on-board unit information including travel distance information to / from the ETC on-board unit by radio is arranged at the toll gate Has been.

  The toll booth side device passes through the toll gate without pausing by checking whether there is any illegal in-vehicle device information registered in advance when passing a vehicle equipped with an ETC on-board device by sending and receiving, and opening the open / close bar Is possible.

  The toll gate opening / closing bar can pass through the toll gate without slowing down from where it opens instantly if it is judged that the on-board device information is not illegal, so for example, the toll gate is based on the main line While there are vehicles that pass at high speed, when there is a vehicle that stops temporarily and passes through the toll gate, a large speed difference occurs between the vehicles, causing a collision or a contact accident.

  For this reason, a sticker is put in front of the toll booth and calls are made to reduce the speed by means of an electric bulletin board, but the current situation is that it is not protected, and an immediate countermeasure is required.

  Therefore, in the present invention, an automatic vehicle that uses the ETC on-board device to give the driver a sense of speed compliance by giving the benefit of a privilege when passing through a section where a toll gate or speed limit is provided. It is intended to provide a payment device.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, firstly, an ETC on-board unit equipped with various on-board unit information by insertion of a writable ETC card mounted on a vehicle and the ETC on-board unit is mounted on the vehicle. Roadside equipment installed at the entrance-to-distance tollgate and exit-side tollgate of the toll road that transmits and receives device information, etc., and each tollgate installed at the entrance-side tollgate and exit-side tollgate, respectively Speed detection means for detecting a passing speed when the vehicle passes, speed detection information from the speed detection means at the entrance side distance toll gate and the exit side toll gate, and a travel distance from the roadside equipment at the exit side toll gate And a management information center that determines tolls based on information and determines whether or not to give points, and notifies the tolls and points to the user of the vehicle equipped with the ETC on-board equipment, Given and that the rate of passage of releasing tollgate and outlet tollgate is traveling at less than the speed that has been set in advance is detected by said speed detection means, characterized in that the benefits obtained with a constant number.

  Secondly, it was installed in a uniform toll station that sends and receives OBE information etc. between the ETC OBE equipped with various OBE information by insertion of a writable ETC card mounted on the car and the ETC OBE. Roadside equipment, speed detection means for detecting a passing speed when a vehicle passes through the tollgate installed at the toll booth, speed detection information from the speed detection means of the toll booth and charges from the roadside equipment A management information center that determines whether tolls and points are given based on the information, and notifies the tolls and points to the user of the vehicle equipped with the ETC onboard equipment, the points being the passing speed of the uniform toll gate Is given when it is detected by the speed detecting means that the vehicle has traveled below a preset speed, and a privilege is obtained with a fixed score.

  Thirdly, in an ETC on-vehicle device equipped with various in-vehicle device information by insertion of a writable ETC card mounted in a car and a speed limit section of an expressway that transmits and receives on-vehicle device information and the like between the ETC on-vehicle device Installed roadside equipment, speed detecting means for detecting a passing speed between two points when the vehicle passes a distance between two points installed in the speed limit section, and speed detection from the speed detecting means It is configured with a management information center that determines whether or not to give points based on information and notifies the user of the vehicle equipped with the ETC on-board equipment, and the points are equal to or less than a preset speed of passing through the speed limit section It is given that the vehicle has traveled at the speed detecting means, and a privilege is obtained with a fixed score.

  According to the first and second aspects of the present invention, data (information) required for speed detection when a vehicle equipped with an ETC on-board unit passes through each toll gate and for toll collection between the ETC on-board unit and the roadside device. ), And the management information center can calculate the toll and the passing speed based on the travel information and the speed detection information, and determine whether or not to give points. As a result, when it is determined that the detected speed is equal to or less than the prescribed speed, a point is notified to the user of the ETC on-board equipment vehicle in addition to the toll. The person who receives the notice can get a privilege when the score reaches a certain point, and as a result, the consciousness of trying to collect the points works, leading to driving at a reduced speed at each toll gate.

  Further, according to the third aspect, when a vehicle equipped with an ETC on-vehicle device passes through the speed limit section, the speed is detected by the speed detection means, and the passing speed is calculated in the management information center based on the speed detection information, Can determine whether to give. As a result, when it is determined that the speed is equal to or less than the specified speed, a point is notified to the user of the vehicle equipped with the ETC on-vehicle device. The person who receives the notification gets a privilege when the score reaches a certain point, so that the consciousness to collect points works and leads to driving with reduced speed in the speed limit section.

  In this case, some people think that points are unnecessary, but those people are considered to have a small percentage of the total, and it is better to connect benefits to discounts etc. so that the speed limit can be protected reliably. Become.

  In the present invention, as a preferred embodiment according to the best mode, the speed detection information of the speed detection means passes through the distance between two points respectively installed in the toll gate and the speed limit section. It is time information based on the time of the first passing point and the time of the second passing point checked by the vehicle-mounted device and the roadside device, and the time between the two points is determined from the difference in time between the two points. By using the ETC on-board device to calculate the speed from the distance between two points, the speed of each toll booth and speed limit section using the installed ETC on-board device without installing a new speed detector Enable detection.

  Hereinafter, the first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

  FIG. 1 shows an entrance-side toll gate on a toll road, FIG. 2 shows an exit-side toll gate, and FIG. 3 shows a schematic explanatory diagram of an ETC on-board device. Here, the distance toll at the entrance-side distance toll booth is a toll system in which the toll is settled at the exit toll gate based on the distance traveled from the entrance-side interchange to the exit-side interchange.

  The entrance-side distance toll gate 1 includes a roadside device 7 that wirelessly transmits and receives various vehicle-mounted device information to and from the ETC vehicle-mounted device 5 mounted on the vehicle 3. The roadside device 7 travels through the vehicle 3. It is arranged along the left and right safety zones 9 made in the lane. As shown in FIG. 3, the ETC vehicle-mounted device 5 includes vehicle information such as the size of the vehicle body, the presence or absence of a towed vehicle, the number of axes, contract information such as a card number, a contractor name, and the like when an ETC card is inserted. Device information is provided, and a wireless communication unit 13 is provided for transmitting or receiving the vehicle-mounted device information wirelessly.

  The wireless communication unit 13 includes an antenna 15 and a transmission / reception circuit 17, and transmits information by radio waves or converts received radio waves to information.

  The ETC card 11 includes the above-described contract information section 19 and writing section 21 of the principal. The writing unit 21 writes, for example, the location of the toll booth used, such as Joban Expressway Misato Tollgate, and the passage time at that time.

  Note that the usage history such as toll gate location information and time information written in the writing unit 21 can be confirmed by a printer or the Internet.

  The toll fee is determined by the car 3 that has undergone the entrance check by sending and receiving various onboard equipment information between the roadside equipment 7 and the ETC onboard equipment 5 when passing through the entrance side distance toll booth 1. By receiving an exit check when leaving, it is sent to the management information center 23 as travel distance information from the entrance toll gate to the exit toll gate, and the toll is calculated in the management information center 23.

  The speed detection may be a means adopted on the roadside device 7 side using an existing Doppler method or a magnetic sensing method, but the speed detection means of this embodiment is managed and managed in the management information center 23. Yes.

  Specifically, distance information D and speed information from the first roadside wireless device 25 to the second roadside wireless device 27, which will be described later, in the management information center 23 described above, for example, 20 km / n or less for a toll gate, speed limit While the speed limit information is pre-programmed so as to be 60 km / n or less in the case of a section, the time when the management information center 23 passes through the first roadside apparatus 25 via the ETC vehicle-mounted device 5 and the second roadside apparatus When the time between two points that have passed 27 is sent as time information, the time is calculated from the time difference between the two points, and the traveling speed is calculated from the time between the two points and the distance D.

  The calculated traveling speed is compared with speed information input in advance. When it is determined that the traveling speed is equal to or less than the prescribed speed, the person himself / herself (the user of the vehicle equipped with the ETC onboard equipment) is notified as a point.

  In this case, the points are sent to the person in the form of point details, but at the same time, they are stored as point points in the ETC card, and the point history can be confirmed by inserting the ETC card into a reader, for example. May be.

  By the way, if you violate, your points will be zero. The display of zero means that the speed was not kept, and it functions as a reflection material.

  Points are given only when driving at each toll booth and speed limit section while keeping the speed limit, and when a certain number of points are accumulated, a privilege is obtained. Any benefit can be used, but it is desirable to use it as the most effective rate discount rate.

  The roadside device 7 of the entrance-side distance toll booth 1 includes first and second roadside radio devices 25 and 27, first, second, third and fourth vehicle detectors 29, 31, 33 and 35 and roadside indicators. 37. In FIG. 1, 39 indicates a vehicle monitoring camera, and 41 indicates a ticketing machine.

  The first roadside wireless device 25 is provided at the first gate 43 disposed across the left and right safety zones 9, and the second roadside wireless device 27 is provided at the second gate 45 disposed across the left and right safety zones 9, respectively. It has been.

  The first and second roadside wireless devices 25 and 27 are means for transmitting and receiving various vehicle-mounted device information including data (information) necessary for toll collection by wireless communication with the ETC vehicle-mounted device 5 mounted on the vehicle 3. It has become.

  In addition, the time when the first and second roadside wireless devices 25 and 27 pass between the two points is exchanged, and the passing time is sent to the management information center 23 as time information.

  The first to fourth vehicle detectors 29, 31, 33, and 35 detect the light emitted from the light emitting units 29a, 31a, 33a, and 35a toward the light receiving units 29b, 31b, 33b, and 35b. It is a light detection type. The first vehicle detector 29 detects the entry of the vehicle into the communication area and instructs the first roadside apparatus 25 to start processing.

  The second vehicle detector 31 detects that the vehicle has gone out of the communication area, and issues a “start” indication on the roadside indicator 63 and an instruction to open the opening / closing bar 47.

  The third vehicle detector 33 turns off the roadside indicator 63 when detecting the approach of the vehicle. When the fourth vehicle detector 35 detects the entry of the vehicle, the fourth vehicle detector 35 issues a processing start instruction for the second roadside wireless device 27 and a closing operation instruction for the opening / closing bar 47.

  On the other hand, the roadside device 51 of the exit side toll gate 49 includes first and second roadside radio devices 53 and 55, first, second and third vehicle detectors 57, 59 and 61 and a roadside indicator 63. ing. In FIG. 2, 65 denotes a vehicle monitoring camera, and 67 denotes a toll collection box.

  The first roadside wireless device 53 is provided at the first gate 69 disposed across the left and right safety zones 9, and the second roadside wireless device 55 is provided at the second gate 71 disposed across the left and right safety zones 9. It has been.

  The first and second roadside wireless devices 53 and 55 are means for transmitting and receiving various vehicle-mounted device information including data (information) necessary for toll collection by wireless communication with the ETC vehicle-mounted device 5 mounted on the vehicle 3. It has become.

  In addition, the time when the first and second roadside wireless devices 53 and 55 pass between two points is exchanged, and the passing time is sent to the management information center 23 as time information.

  The first to third vehicle detectors 57, 59, 61 are light detection types that detect light by blocking light emitted from the light emitting units 57a, 59a, 61a toward the light receiving units 57b, 59b, 61b. ing. The first vehicle detector 57 detects the entry of the vehicle into the communication area and instructs the first roadside apparatus 53 to start processing.

  The second vehicle detector 59 detects that the vehicle has gone out of the communication area from the communication area, and instructs the roadside indicator 63 to start displaying “toll” and to open the opening / closing bar 47.

  When the third vehicle detector 61 detects entry of a vehicle, the third vehicle detector 61 issues a processing start instruction for the second roadside wireless device 55 and a closing operation instruction for the opening / closing bar 47.

  FIG. 4 shows a roadside device 75 arranged outside the toll gate, for example, in a speed limit section such as a sharp curve or a downhill on an expressway.

  The roadside device 75 serves as means for sending onboard equipment information including speed detection information transmitted / received wirelessly to / from the ETC onboard equipment 5 to the management information center 23.

  The roadside device 75 includes a first roadside radio device 79 provided at a first gate 77 at a starting point that becomes a speed limit section, a second roadside radio device 83 provided at a second gate 81 at an end point, and first and second vehicles. It consists of detection devices 85 and 87.

  The distance D between the two points from the first roadside radio device 79 to the second roadside radio device 83, that is, the distance D from the first gate 77 to the second gate 81 is input to the management information center 23 as distance information. Yes. In addition, the speed limit information of the speed limit section is input.

  The first and second roadside wireless devices 79 and 83 are not only transmitting / receiving various vehicle-mounted device information to / from the ETC vehicle-mounted device 5, but also the time when the first and second roadside wireless devices 79 and 83 pass between the two points. Are transmitted and received. The passing time between the two points is sent to the management information center 23 as time information. The management information center 23 calculates the time from the time difference between the two points, and calculates the speed from the calculated time and distance D between the two points. Is calculated, and the calculated traveling speed is compared with speed information input in advance, and when it is determined that the speed is equal to or less than the specified speed, a point is notified.

  The first and second vehicle detectors 85 and 87 are of a light detection type that detects by blocking light emitted from the light emitting units 85a and 87a toward the light receiving units 85b and 87b. The first vehicle detector 85 detects the entry of the vehicle into the communication area and instructs the first roadside apparatus 79 to start processing. When the second vehicle detector 87 detects the entry of the vehicle 3, the second vehicle detector 87 instructs the second roadside device 83 to start processing.

  In this case, the installation of the roadside device 75 is not limited to a tolled highway, but can also be applied to a speed limit section of a dedicated road or a general road that is free to open.

  According to the automatic payment apparatus configured as described above, when the vehicle 3 equipped with the ETC vehicle-mounted device 5 passes the entrance-side distance toll booth 1, the passing speed between the two points is detected and the roadside device 7 and the ETC are connected. Various on-vehicle device information necessary for the on-vehicle device 5 is exchanged wirelessly. The vehicle-mounted device information and speed detection information are sent to the management information center 23, and the passing speed of the vehicle 3 is calculated from the check of the starting point and the passing time between the two points of the first and second roadside devices 25 and 27. The calculated speed is compared with speed information input in advance, and when the calculated speed is determined to be equal to or less than the specified speed, the person is notified of the point.

  Next, the car 3 that has passed through the entrance-side distance toll booth 1 travels toward the exit-side interchange. During this travel, for example, when approaching a speed limit section as shown in FIG. The on-vehicle device information including speed information is transmitted and received between the device and the ETC on-vehicle device 5 by radio.

  The information is sent to the management information center 23, and the passing speed is calculated from the passing time between the two points of the first and second roadside wireless devices 79 and 83. The calculated speed is compared with speed information input in advance, and when the calculated speed is determined to be equal to or lower than the speed information, the person is notified of the point.

  Next, when the vehicle 3 equipped with the ETC vehicle-mounted device 5 passes through the exit-side toll gate 49, the vehicle-mounted device information including distance information is wirelessly transmitted and received between the roadside device 51 and the ETC vehicle-mounted device 5 during the passage. It is. The information is sent to the management information center 23, a toll is calculated from the travel distance, and the toll is displayed on the roadside display 63. At the same time, the passing speed of the vehicle 3 is calculated from the passing time between the two points of the first and second roadside wireless devices 53 and 55, and the calculated speed is compared with speed information inputted in advance. When the calculated speed is determined to be lower than the specified speed, the person is notified of the points, and the points are accumulated by observing the speed.

  As a result, the driver is conscious of the speed by the privilege of points when passing through each toll booth on the ETC lane, or when passing through the speed limit section, and leads to driving that complies with the prescribed speed.

  In addition, it is desirable that these series of point notifications are not immediate notifications, but are collected together with the toll used at the end of the month and sent as point details.

  Further, the automatic payment apparatus of the present invention has been described for the entrance side and the exit side toll gate of the distance toll gate that settles the toll corresponding to the travel distance, but when the toll is uniform, for example, the entrance toll It is also possible to apply this embodiment to a toll gate that pays a toll at the station. In this case, the structure and operation are the same as those of the roadside device 51 shown in FIG.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The outline explanatory drawing of the whole entrance-side toll gate of the automatic payment apparatus of the motor vehicle concerning this invention. The outline explanatory view of the whole exit side toll gate of the automatic payment device of the automobile. Outline | summary explanatory drawing of an ETC onboard equipment. Outline | summary explanatory drawing of the roadside apparatus provided in the speed restriction area of the highway.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Entrance side distance toll gate 3 Car 5 ETC onboard equipment 7, 51, 75 Roadside apparatus 11 ETC card 23 Management information center 25, 53, 79 1st roadside radio device 27, 55, 83 2nd roadside radio device 49 Exit side Fee Station

Claims (4)

ETC on-board equipment equipped with various on-board equipment information by inserting a writable ETC card mounted on the car,
Roadside equipment installed at the entrance-side distance toll gate and the exit-side tollgate of the toll road that transmits and receives onboard equipment information to and from the ETC onboard equipment, and
Speed detecting means for detecting a passing speed when the vehicle passes through each toll gate respectively installed at the entrance side distance toll gate and the outlet side toll gate;
Based on the speed detection information from the speed detection means of the entrance-side distance tollgate and the exit-side tollgate and the travel distance information from the roadside equipment of the exit-side tollgate, determine whether tolls are given or not and give tolls And a management information center that notifies the user of the vehicle equipped with the ETC on-board device,
The point is given when the speed detecting means detects that the passing speed of the entrance-to-distance toll gate and the exit-side toll gate is below a preset speed, and a privilege is obtained with a fixed score. An automatic payment device for automobiles. ETC on-board equipment equipped with various on-board equipment information by inserting a writable ETC card mounted on the car,
Roadside equipment installed at a uniform toll station that transmits and receives onboard equipment information to and from the ETC onboard equipment, and
Speed detecting means installed at the uniform toll gate for detecting a passing speed when the vehicle passes through the toll gate;
Based on the speed detection information from the speed detection means of the uniform toll gate and the charge information from the roadside device, it is determined whether or not tolls and points are to be given, and the tolls and points are notified to the user of the vehicle equipped with the ETC onboard equipment. It consists of a management information center,
The point is given when the speed detecting means detects that the passing speed of the uniform toll gate has traveled below a preset speed, and a privilege is obtained with a fixed score. Automatic payment device. ETC on-board equipment equipped with various on-board equipment information by inserting a writable ETC card mounted on the car,
Roadside equipment installed in the speed limit section of the expressway that transmits and receives onboard equipment information etc. to and from the ETC onboard equipment,
Speed detecting means for detecting a passing speed between the two points when the vehicle passes a distance between the two points installed in the speed limit section;
A management information center for determining whether or not to give a point based on speed detection information from the speed detection means and notifying a user of the vehicle equipped with the ETC onboard equipment;
The point is given when the speed detection means detects that the passing speed of the speed limit section has traveled below a preset speed, and a privilege is obtained with a fixed score. Automatic payment device.   The speed detection information of the speed detection means is the time of the first passing point that is checked by the ETC on-board unit and the roadside device when passing through the distance between two points respectively installed in each toll gate and the speed limit section. ETC on-board device that calculates time from the time obtained by calculating the time between two points from the time difference between the two points, and calculating the speed from the calculated time and the distance between the two points. 4. The automatic payment apparatus for automobiles according to claim 1, wherein the automatic payment apparatus is used.

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